24 year old Cameroonian forward who plays for French Ligue 1 side Nantes Ignatius Kpene Ganago is actually a Nigerian born in Cameroon, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Capped 14 times by Cameroon with the first coming in 2019, when he was handed a call up by former coach Toni Conceicao he narrowly missed out on a spot in the squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Now at Ligue 1 side Nantes, where he is teammates with Nigeria international Moses Simon, he caught our attention when he posted his pictures in the colours of fast rising Nigeria football academy Simoiben Football Academy.
He posted the picture on his social media handle in the shirt of the team owned by the wife of Simon, and it led to a shocking discovery when he shared the pictures on our social media handle as well.
” Ganago is a Nigerian and I know his father. They are from the Niger Delta but he left for Cameroon at a very young age. That was where they gave birth to Ganago but the name Ignatius should tell you a thing”, a source posted on the comment section.
” He is among the players Nigeria didn’t get to know at a young age. Still only 24 but I know he sincerely would have loved to play for the Super Eagles. That I know a lot from my interactions with him but it’s impossible now. He doesn’t hide it and it is even on his official page, he speak fluent pidgin English and also follows and support all national teams of Nigeria not just the senior team”, he rounded up saying.
Osas Mahawi
